BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & HANNAH MARY THOMPSON AT 3 CRANBOURNE TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & THEN MOVED TO FROME, SOMERSET IN 1911. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A MONOTYPE OPERATOR. HE ENLISTED AT FROME, JOINING THE SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED IN IRAQ, ON 12/06/1916, AGED 23.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM THOMPSON, 13857, 10TH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED AT SALONIKA, ON 25/04/1917, AGED 28.
First name:
STANLEY
Military Number:
1931
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/06/1916
Place died:
Basra War Memorial, Iraq
Age:
23
